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For concierge guests: Kakahiaka is the morning service in the lounge; auinala is the afternoon service; ahiahi is the evening service and aumoe is the late evening service.

Here is a quote on the Polynesian stationery I have: O ke aloha ke kuleana o kahi malihini (Love is the host in strange lands).

--------------Becky / WebTinkJust get on any major highway, and eventually it will dead-end in a Disney parking area large enough to have its own climate, populated by large nomadic families who have been trying to find their cars since the Carter administration.
~Dave Barry

And how can I forget, "cousin"--that's what everyone is called at the SOA and around the Poly. It means you're family! Oh, and there's the word for family: 'ohana ("ohana means family and family means no one gets left behind"--isn't that the Lilo quote?)

--------------Becky / WebTinkJust get on any major highway, and eventually it will dead-end in a Disney parking area large enough to have its own climate, populated by large nomadic families who have been trying to find their cars since the Carter administration.
~Dave Barry

There are only 12 letters in the Hawaiian language and no two consonants ever appear without a vowel between them.

Aloha-Hello, good-bye, loveMahalo-Thank youAita Peatea (the Polynesian Motto)-There will be another day tomorrow just like today.Moana- OceanA ho'i a'e au- Until we meet againMele kalikimaka- merry christmasKing Kamehameha- the Hawaiian king who is known for uniting the islands in 1810 the largets suite at the Poly is named after him

There were several King Kamehameha’s but the most famous is King Kamehameha the great or the first who was born around 1740. I know there were at least 5 King Kamehameha’s and I am not sure if there were more. There is a photo of one who lost 3 fingers in a fishing accident and so when he waved he only had his thumb and pinky which is the modern sign for “Shaka” or hang loose.